Paper 2: Operating Systems I

This Paper 2 course is taken by Part IA Computer Science Tripos
students only.

Lecturer: Dr S.M. Hand

No. of lectures: 17 (Continued into Lent Term)

Prerequisite course: Digital Electronics.

This course is a prerequisite for the Part IB courses Concurrent Systems and Applications and Introduction to Security, and the Part II courses Advanced System Topics, Distributed Systems and Security.

Aims

The overall aim of this course is to provide a general understanding
of how a computer works. This includes aspects of the underlying
hardware as well as the structure and key functions of the operating
system. Case studies will be used to illustrate and reinforce
fundamental concepts.